Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Thoughtful Tuesdays

JJ has a wonderful idea for posts on Tuesdays expressing either something that you are thankful for, something that you have witnessed that was an act of kindness or something that you have done to "pay it forward".

My husband has recently thought up something that I not only thought was thoughtful, but that I am also thankful for.

With his hours, the two kids and the general daily choas around us, we don't always get to "talk" like we used to. Sometimes we get snatches here or there, but none of the intellectual stuff (or geeky stuff) that we are used to.

So, for the past month or so, we have been doing Link Thursday. We gather up 5-6 links of articles of things we are interested in that we want to share. And then on Thursday we send those links in an email to each other. It has helped to jump start our conversations at home, or at the very least, we have shared information with each other that we find stimulating that would have otherwise been lost in the shuffle. I find myself enjoying hunting for links that I know are interesting and unusual and I look forward to seeing what links my husband sends.

We have sent each other links on Virtual Brains, Charlie Chan, Bruce Campbell, various NPR stories and comics. Sometimes they are little nothings, sometimes they begin huge discussions.

There are many ways to communicate, and I am thankful that we have started this tradition.

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Life. It’s a funny thing. It’s also messy. And frustrating. And every disgusting, wonderful, exciting, torturous thing in between. Musings from a Sci-Fi Geek about life after Secondary Infertility with her husband (perpetual slob, life partner, friend, nemesis, fellow geek), her son (geeky, High Functioning Aspergers challenged, teen, video-game hogging, wisecracker), and her BTVS named daughter (hard fought IVF/ICSI sibling, giggle-puss, Girly-but-maybe-we-can-help-her-find-the-Geek-inside, cat torturer, and all around cutie-pie).
Guest appearances by our pets: Kif, Delenn and Lennier- the cats; Congo, the turtle; and Introducing...Phoebe the hamster!